Current weather conditions and live observations for The Desert based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in The Desert right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Weather Station	Weather	Wind	Gusts	Temp.	Visibility	Visibility / Cloud
Ngawi Automatic Weather Station 9 km WSW8 m above sea level 1 hour ago	Recent light rain	strong winds from the S (48 km/h at 180°)		9 °C	-	- - no observation -
Stony Creek 21 km NNE111 m above sea level 1 hour ago	Recent light rain	light winds from the S (17 km/h at 180°)		6 °C	-	- - - -
Haurangi 21 km NW417 m above sea level 1 hour ago	Recent light rain	wind obs. (20 kph from 90 degs) was rejected (- km/h at -°)		4 °C	-	- - - -
Tuatoru 38 km NNE65 m above sea level 41 minutes ago	Dry	light winds from the S (13 km/h at 180°)		7.1 °C	-	- - - -
Heights Road 40 km W300 m above sea level 3 hours ago	-	light winds from the SSW (17 km/h at 194°)		7.8 °C	-	- - - 0
Te Muna 40 km NNE60 m above sea level 1 hour ago	Recent light rain	moderate winds from the SW (26 km/h at 225°)		6 °C	-	- - - -
Taranui Grove 41 km NNE19 m above sea level 43 minutes ago	Dry	calm (4 km/h at 135°)		6.4 °C	-	- - - -
Baring Head 44 km W150 m above sea level 1 hour ago	-	extremely windy from the S (130 km/h at 173°)		7.3 °C	-	- - - 0
Spunkatron 45 km NW50 m above sea level 45 minutes ago	No weather report	light winds from the SW (19 km/h at 225°)		7.2 °C	-	- - - -
Cross Creek wx 45 km NW451 m above sea level 1 hour ago	-	light winds from the SW (16 km/h at 230°)		7 °C	-	- - - 0

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to The Desert and within an acceptable time window.